Seder Birchath Hamazon. [Compendium of Blessings and selected Prayers including Psalms]. The work of the scribe Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch

AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 185
(LITURGY).
Seder Birchath Hamazon. [Compendium of Blessings and selected Prayers including Psalms]. The work of the scribe Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch
Moravia: 1728
Est: $50,000 - $55,000
“The work of Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch is reflective of the Renaissance of Jewish book illumination which occured in the Germanic countries during the 18th century. Nathan hailed from Moravia ‘whose culture preserved for generations the imprint of the former imperial metropolis.’ (E. Namenyi, in: C. Roth, Jewish Art (1961) p.499). Nathan’s...facile technique single him out as one of the most important illuminators of this period. “ See Sotheby’s New York, 26th June, 1984, lot 42, for another manuscript by this noted scribe